Episodes
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Grits Blitz 1.0
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
In this episode, we're testing Salina's Southern movie knowledge in a game we like to call, Grits Blitz. Can she guess these twisted up Southern classics?
Wednesday May 05, 2021
The Prologue
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Hey y'all! Are we Southern enough to explore the better parts of Southern culture on TV and in entertainment? Join us for this prologue to learn more about us and our podcast - Sweet Tea & TV - before we dive into Designing Women, episode 1.
Monday May 10, 2021
Episode 1 - The Pilot
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
In 1986, four brazen women shared Southern culture with the nation, through quick wit and real-life issues. 30 years later, two Southern women are revisiting the series to see what they got right, what they got wrong, and how the show holds in 2021. Let's explore episode 1 - the pilot.
Monday May 17, 2021
Episode 2 - Hot Dogs and a Pageant
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
Episode 3 - 1986 Called and It Wants Its Jokes Back
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
The episode that reminded us sitcoms are not like fine wines - the jokes don't always age well. But, we had some fun and maybe learned that Salina plays the oboe...?
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Episode 4 - Julia Doesn’t Like Her Son’s Lady Friend
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
- Julia has a son (and he’s a very familiar face for many of us!) And he has a lady friend who does NOT impress Julia. A mother-son dynamic + a significant age gap + two very strong women —> as Salina always says, “WHAT could go wrong?” Turns out, a lot.
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Episode 5 - Let’s Take a Ride in JD’s DeLorean
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Let's get into the “madcap mayhem” that ensues after Suzanne sets Charlene up on a blind date, which doesn’t go quite the way Mary Jo wants it to. And a familiar face reappears. Stick around to the end for a little extra sugar where Salina takes us deep into the real-life Newsweek article the women discuss as the episode opens.
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Episode 6 - The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is on Fire
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
We find out how you can work a job on a “trial basis,” we meet ANTHONY!!! In fact, Salina’s Sidebar explores Meshach Taylor’s recollection of his character and what the show meant to him.) Oh! And a house burns down. As usual, hang around till the bitter end for some extra sugar - a fun game about a well-known character actor.
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Episode 7 - A Perky Prison Party
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Thanksgiving is gonna get awkward. We meet Julia and Suzanne’s mother, Perky, who comes into town along with her eccentric friend, Bernice. Julia and Mary Jo take a stroll through the bank’s drive thru, Anthony gets accused of murder, and we learn the dangers of a post-Thanksgiving sofa snooze. And stick around for Nikki’s Nibbles during this week’s Extra Sugar segment where Nikki fills us in on the history of pie. The kicker: Salina blind taste tests two pies -- can she figure out which is homemade and which is store-bought?
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Episode 8 - Love and...Annulment
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021